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FULL-TIME: BRAGA 1 - MAN UTD 3

21.56 Watt a game! Oh, that's bad. I'm sorry. Anyway...that's all from me tonight. Thanks for keeping me company with some great emails and I hope you found the result to your liking. Jonathan Liew will be with you tomorrow for the Europa League fun and games. Do join him.

21.48 United win Group H after four wins from four matches.

21.47 A pic of the scene before Hernandez's goal:

90+3 min The final whistle is blown. What an escape from United!

90+2 min GOAL! BRAGA 1 - MAN UTD 3 (Hernandez) Comedy goal! Hernandez rounds the keeper and only has to kick the ball past the two defenders on the line. His shot is blocked but he buries the rebound with his left foot while lying on the pitch.

90+1 min We're into the first of three added minutes. Ze Luis is thrown on for Elderson.

89 min One feels like the final few minutes of this match will involve United meandering towards victory at the expense of their shellshocked opponents.

88 min "They're like a different team now, Manchester United," says Niall Quinn. They really are. Poor old Braga.

86 min Well, well, well. Fergie hasn't lost his touch. He really hasn't. They looked to be losing this match and then in the space of five minutes it's been completely transformed. Maybe the lights should go out every match for United?

82 minPENALTY TO MAN UTD! Rooney is felled trying to pounce on the rebound following Hernandez's saved shot.

81 min Oh, it's on. It's really on for United. They only need a point to qualify for the knockout stage but they could steal a win here.

79 min GOAL! BRAGA 1 - MAN UTD 1 (Van Persie) Madness from Beto! He goes walkabout and is out of place, allowing Van Persie to latch onto a long ball and plonk the ball into an empty net.

78 min Eder goes to the near post to try and connet with a ball in the box but Anderson does just enough to put him off.

77 min Rio Ferdinand finds Van Persie with a chipped ball out of defence but the Dutchman is robbed of the ball. It doesn't matter because it's found its way back to Valencia. He passes to Rafael on the overlap but the cross is cleared and Braga counterattack.

76 min Right. It's roll the dice time for United. Surely. Surely. Valencia has the ball. He squares it to Rooney, who goes for goal. The England striker's shot is deflected out for a corner.

74 min A mail from Shane. Tell us more, buddy. I feel instant sympathy for any man deprived of live sport.

To answer your question. YES! Lost power today right before kick-off! Thankfully you are keeping me up to date on what's happening!

73 min Valencia gets to the byline and manages to chip a ball into the box towards Van Persie. Beto claims it but that was promising for MUFC.

71 min Nani is down receiving some treatment. Oh, Fergie's seen enough. Rafael is on for him.

70 min It's just not working out for United in attack at the moment, however many people they put forward.

64 min United survive a dangerous Braga attack after Ruben Micael cut the ball across goal following De Gea's parry of a Coelho free-kick. Ruben Micael gets himself into dangerous positions but I'm never convinced that United are going to concede when he has a chance.

63 min A colleague reminds me of a lightbulb failure on English shores not too long ago. Liverpool v Newcastle a few years back.

62 min Ruben Micael tries to set Evra away but Smalling is across to slide tackle the ball out of harm's way.

61 min Evra drives forward and finds Welbeck over on the left ahead of him. Eventually the ball makes its way to Valencia but his ball in is partly cleared by Douglao and Braga break forward through Hugo Viana.

60 min That tedious delay lasted 12 minutes. Who will it unsettle? Will it result in any unsettling?

21.10 AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT! The floodlights are back on and Rio Ferdinand has replaced Evans.

21.09 A mail from Emmet:

This must be the first Man Utd squad to receive Ferguson's hair-dryer treatment in the dark. At least if a boot goes flying he could always blame Nani.

21.08 Right. Let's have a vote. Who's up for sacking this game off and blogging/reading the last few minutes of Celtic v Barcelona?

21.07 Latest: We have a broken generator to blame for this debacle but it looks like a few of the bulbs have come back to life.

21.06 What happened to the Olympic cauldron? Spark that baby up!

21.05 €u'd never get something like this in England.

21.03 Sunderland have the Stadium of Light. Braga have the Stadium of No Light!

21.01 Don't know what to say really. Except I guess I won't be having a beer at 10pm after all.

21.00 Latest: there will be a minimum of a 10-minute break before the lights are turned back on. Players are off the pitch. What a joke!

58 min This is what happens when your country joins the Eurozone:

57 min THE FLOODLIGHTS ARE OUT!

55 min Semi harsh decision from the referee after Welbeck (maybe) uses his arm/hand to control the ball before preparing to strike in the area.

54 min Eder and Elderson combine on the left but Braga decide to play the waiting game and the ball eventually goes all the way back to Beto.

53 min Beto flaps at Rooney's corner as Braga partially get rid of the ball.

52 min Nani! His long-range shots picks up a deflection and goes over the bar to grant United a corner.

51 min Custodio's cross is directed to no-one but it proves that Braga are keen to keep the attacking play up.

50 min Crikey. What now for United? Pressure all on them now.

49 min GOAL! BRAGA 1 - MAN UTD (Alan pen) Alan is a gem of a player and he makes no mistake with the pen hitting high to the right of De Gea. 1-0.

48 min PENALTY TO BRAGA! Jonny Evans concedes a penalty after bumping into Custodio in the box.

47 min Braga win a free-kick after Ruben Micael was fouled by Nani.

46 min United begin brightly with with a dangerous looking pass directed towards Valencia. Unfortunately for them it's intercepted.

20.46 Lots of great mails on the weather. It's pretty rotten in Braga. Lots of rain. And the players are back out in it for the start of the second half.

20.42 What can be done to liven up this match? Is it as simple as bringing on RVP? Yes, he looked good against Arsenal. But they were playing Arsenal, remember.

20.38 Some tweet-based advice for Sir Alex:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Anubhav - &lt;a href="http://www.twitter.com/nickpearcey" target="_blank"&gt;@nickpearcey&lt;/a&gt; United needs to bring in RVP in front of Rooney if they want to make things happen&lt;/noframe&gt;

20.37 Strong mail from Steve:

The weather's cold here in Denmark and FC Nordsjælland are currently having their backsides handed to them on a plate by Juventus in Turin.

45 min The half-time whistle has been blown to end a disappointing half.

44 min Rooney claims the ball and we all expect something marvellous to happen. It doesn't, though, because Rooney passes to Evans.

43 min Beto claims a header from Nani after a United attack that had pace and purpose but no finesse.

42 min Overambitious ball from Anderson to Evra skids along the wet surface and runs away for a goal kick.

41 min My cheeky little £5 bet on United to win with over 2.5 goals scored in the match is looking like another easy win for Bet365.

40 min A mail from Gordon:

As it's so dull - can you update us on how Smalling is playing, back from a long lay off?

Well, Gordon. He just got booked for a bit of a silly act while tangling with Eder for the ball. He's got to play it safe for the rest of the half and earlier he had a bit of a knock to the head. Early days yet though.

39 min Free-kick whipped in to the United box but De Gea commands the penalty area and claims the ball.

38 min The first booking of the match goes to Chris Smalling after his hand vaguely connected with Eder's face. Bit harsh on the Fulham reject.

36 min Anderson picks up the ball and sparks a Manchester United attack, which ends with Anderson falling over in the penalty area. Don't get excited though. It's nooooooo a penalty.

34 min Not much going on in this match. Feel free to email in on other topics. The weather. Strictly Come Dancing. Price of petrol. I'm good on all of those.

32 min Anderson and Welbeck counterattack. Well, not with much urgency, but I guess if you had to file it away somewhere it would be under 'counterattack'.

31 min Hugo Viana feeds Elderson, who tries to find Eder. He doesn't. It's Ruben Micael instead. Eventually the ball breaks to Alan but his low shot is smothered by De Gea.

30 min An Evans header fails to trouble the Braga defence.

29 min The visitors have a lot of bodies high up the field at the moment. Good to see. Just the two men back in defence. Let's see what they can do. Corner after a Valencia cross was deflected out.

27 min United have decided to give the attacking they were talking about in the press conferences a go. Much more offensive of late. In the attacking way. Not the John Terry way.

26 min Nani receives the ball from Valencia and his cross is deflected out for a corner. Rooney was screaming for it in the middle but he'll just have to make do with a corner.

25 min Hugo Viana's got a shot on him. But not the one he just unleashed on the United goal. That was rubbish. Way off-target.

23 min Evra dances through the Braga defences before laying the ball off to Anderson. The Brazillian has Nani out on the right but gives the ball away when a scoring pass was on.

22 min Chance! Ball is whipped in towards Eder and he flicks a superb header towards goal that strikes De Gea's right-hand post. So close to the opener and a fine header!Don't know if you care but Celtic are leading Barcelona 1-0 for the second time in a fortnight.

21 min Alan whips a ball into towards Ruben Micael and he takes it first-time on the volley but blazes his shot over the bar.

19 min Salnio finds Alan on the overlap on the right but the Braga forward is offside. Meanwhile, Chris Smalling appears to be struggling with a blow to the head. He's gone off for treatment.

18 min It's cagey. Have I said that? Apparently there's been a goal in the first 15 minutes of a United UCL game in the last six outings. Not tonight.

16 min Chance! That's the closes we've come to a goal. Alan cuts in from the right, storms towards goal, and feeds an inside pass to Rúben Micael. He decides to have a crack and his effort is only just over the bar.

15 min United just need to keep this up for a bit. No risks. Nothing fancy. Patience is a virtue.

14 min Anderson accelerates down the right but his inside pass to Hernandez is picked off by the Braga defence.

12 min Sometimes games go really quickly when you're watching them. Often they are pulsating end-to-end affairs. This is not one of those matches and it is not going fastly.

11 min The Little Pea has recovered and is now waiting patiently to return to the match. They've allowed him to return and has a bit of blood-stained tissue coming out of his mouth. Do you think he knows, because, errr, that's not a good look. Mate. That doesn't look good.

10 min Hernandez has an injury and is currently off the field after that clash with the Braga defence earlier.

9 min Nani tries to pick out Hernandez in the middle of the block but Douglao and Leandro Salino do enough to put the Mexican off.

8 min A ball is chipped up to Nani in the United box and he flicks a header away. But it's not remotely dangerous and Beto collects with ease. Braga go upfield and Ruben Micael has a shot that is well blocked by the United defence.

7 min Jonny Evans is a work in progress. Discuss.

6 min Douglao's long ball is not cut out by Evans and instead Alan is allowed to let fly on goal. It's wide but that's a warning to United.

5 min Nani latches onto a very good throughball from Rooney but is correctly flagged for being offside before he can unleash a shot.

4 min United playing patiently. Like you do in these cagey away games.

3 min Low-key start to the match but Braga still seem to have a decent amount of swagger. Not as much as they had at Old Trafford - that was awesome - but good levels. Some crisp football.

2 min Welbeck has the ball in the corner but a tackle from Leandro Salino makes the ball ricochet off the United striker and it's a Braga goal-kick.

1 min Comedy start to the match. Braga 'keeper Beto is livid after the match started before he was ready. Luckily for him Nani was closed down and the ball went out for a throw.

19.45 One more mail before kick-off. It's from Ronish:

I think he is one of the greatest manager ever. Sir Alex is respected everywhere, even here in a small country like Fiji. :)

19.43 It's go time:

19.42 We're nearly ready to go. Who is your money on?

19.37 Sky have United legend Dwight Yorke in the studio. He says it's time the club won the Champions League again.

19.34 A mail from Eraldo:

yes he is

19.27 Another stat for you. Because, you know, they're thought-provoking and stuff:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Infostrada Sports - Manchester United have won their group on 9 occasions. Only FC Barcelona and Real Madrid (10 each) have achieved that feat more often. &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=UCL" target="_blank"&gt;#UCL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noframe&gt;

19.22 PROPER TEAM NEWS: I provided you with a quick flash of the United team earlier but here's their full squad, and Braga's:

18.48 I kind of glossed over that remarkable stat a tad. And I apologise. Sir Alex Ferguson has been manager at Manchester United for 26 years (twenty-six!) and one day. That's only a little bit less than the amount of time I've been alive. It's incredible. Do you think he has a routine? Same route into work every day? Same tea mug? Let me know what perks you think 26 years of service affords you.

18.45 Good evening and thanks for joining me for live coverage of this must-draw match for Manchester United. Yes, Fergie's boys only need to escape Portugal with a point if they are to proceed to the knockout stage. With this in mind, Sir Alex, celebrating 26 years at the club, has already turned his attentions to winning the whole thing! Pre match he said:

I think you can’t look past Real Madrid and Barcelona and I do believe Dortmund’s campaign will be about the Champions League this year. If you look at their domestic form it tells me they are preparing themselves to do well in the Champions League. think those three teams will have outstanding chances and I hope we can join them, because I think we have a good squad of players. The area I’m most pleased about is the attacking part of my team — I think there are goals there.

I think you will agree that is quite confident talk. Shall we get going and find out whether this cocksure talk actually stacks up? Yes, let's do that.